JURIST - Paper Chase

Wednesday, February 5

NASA Columbia Accident Investigation Board charter
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/5/2003 03:36:46 PM

NASA Wednesday posted online the charter and chartering letter[PDF] of its Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

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Senate hearing for nominated SEC chair
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/5/2003 01:13:15 PM

Watch recorded video [via FedNet] of the Senate Banking Committee's Wednesday hearing to consider the nomination of William Donaldson to be a member of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. President Bush has nominated Donaldson to replace outgoing SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt.

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Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/5/2003 12:45:40 PM

The Senate Judiciary Committee met Wednesday to consider several judicial nominations. The text of the opening statement by Ranking Member Senator Patrick Leahy is now available.

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Powell speech on Iraqi noncompliance with Resolution 1441
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/5/2003 12:02:19 PM

Read the official text or watch recorded video of remarks delivered Wednesday at the UN by US Secretary of State Colin Powell, presenting evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and non-cooperation with UN weapons inspectors which he asserted puts Iraq in breach of UN Security Council Resolution 1441. The United Nations has posted recorded video of Wednesday's full Security Council session, including statements from other Security Council members.

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World Court order to stay US execution of Mexicans
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/5/2003 11:30:24 AM

The International Court of Justice at The Hague ruled Wednesday that the United States must "take all measures necessary" to ensure that three Mexican nations are not executed pending a final judgment of the Court in a case involving them and other Mexicans on death row in the United States. Read the Court Order[PDF] and an accompanying press release.

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Trademarks, domain names and metatags
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/5/2003 09:46:45 AM

The US Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals Wednesday affirmed in part a lower court injunction against a website for using a manufacturer's trademarks in its Internet domain names and metatags. Read PACCER v. TeleScan Technologies.

Unauthorized activity associated with Space Shuttle debris
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/5/2003 08:14:47 AM

As part of ongoing recovery efforts, NASA's Office of Inspector General posted an online form Tuesday inviting members of the public to report unauthorized and/or illegal activity associated with debris from the Columbia space shuttle, including theft, selling and trading.

February 5 - This day at law
Bernard Hibbitts at 2/5/2003 06:30:23 AM

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire. Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing.". Listen to Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937, and review the text of his address. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative, but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.